Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 1053
Teacher licensure; establish alternative routes to five-year license due to critical teacher shortage.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO WAIVE THE MINIMUM SCORES REQUIRED ON THE PRAXIS CORE ACADEMIC SKILLS FOR EDUCATORS EXAMINATION AND THE PRAXIS II EXAMINATION FOR EDUCATORS APPLYING FOR A STANDARD LICENSE, NONTRADITIONAL TEACHING ROUTE, AT ANY TIME THERE EXISTS A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS IN THE STATE; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE AWARDING OF A SPECIAL, NONRENEWABLE TEACHER'S LICENSE FOR FIVE YEARS TO AN EDUCATOR WHO DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR A STANDARD LICENSE OR EXPERT CITIZEN SPECIAL LICENSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 18 to February 2, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.